Public bug reported: On a 64-bit install of precise, there's no way to install acroread. Here's what doesn't work on my system:
- A direct install (via synaptic, software manager, apt-get or dpkg) of acroread fails, because the only version available is a 32-bit version from oneiric that depends on libraries that are uninstallable on precise. - Until today, I had a downloaded version from Adobe installed in /opt, but a routine update broke that (and uninstalled several other packages, including skype). This traces back, at least in part, to the precise ia32-libs problem, for which there appears not to be a solution. For a long-term support release, this is terrible support, and I'm frustrated. What's the plan / timeline for getting this fixed? It's not as though acroread is obscure software used by one user in a hundred... Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 acroread: Installed: (none) Candidate: 9.4.7-1oneiric1 Version table: 9.4.7-1oneiric1 0 500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner amd64 Packages sudo apt-get install acroread Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: acroread : Depends: ia32-libs (>= 20080808) but it is not going to be installed Depends: nspluginwrapper but it is not going to be installed ** Affects: acroread (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078103 Title: Still no acroread for 64 bit precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/1078103/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs